I'll often reach out to bloggers / open source devs via their email if I have feedback, a question or just otherwise want to compliment them on their work.
If you feel like you have something worth saying, even if just a compliment, it's often worth the email.
(I will say please don't ask to set up vague meetings, or create stupid github issues, however haha)
I've gotten so many interesting comments and emails from my personal blog. And sometimes just little ego-boosts, like someone saying some random post helped them years after I'd made published it purely for myself, not really expecting anyone to find it.
When I heard the term "trap", I immediately thought of XKCD's Nerd Sniping[1]
These are more like a beacon or a "dog whistle" (though that word has taken on a new meaning).
Attracting like minded people is best done by ignoring your self critic and putting your self out there - a curated interesting personality is not something you can produce by trying hard.
And, it's on us to engage with the curiosity doorknob that others have laid out!
The first time I emailed someone on the internet about something they made that I liked, I was rather hesitant about bothering them.
The first time someone emailed me for the same reason, it made my day!
I'll often reach out to bloggers / open source devs via their email if I have feedback, a question or just otherwise want to compliment them on their work.
If you feel like you have something worth saying, even if just a compliment, it's often worth the email.
(I will say please don't ask to set up vague meetings, or create stupid github issues, however haha)
I've gotten so many interesting comments and emails from my personal blog. And sometimes just little ego-boosts, like someone saying some random post helped them years after I'd made published it purely for myself, not really expecting anyone to find it.
I love this description of the search to find one’s people.
But to keep it 100 with you all, nobody has touched my doorknob in a while. How might I improve the odds of finding my people?
What should we look at?
When I heard the term "trap", I immediately thought of XKCD's Nerd Sniping[1]
These are more like a beacon or a "dog whistle" (though that word has taken on a new meaning).
Attracting like minded people is best done by ignoring your self critic and putting your self out there - a curated interesting personality is not something you can produce by trying hard.
[1] - https://xkcd.com/356/
[2] - https://xkcd.com/214/
Yep, was about to go here and say the same thing :)
"Curiosity Traps" are the benevolent cousin to "Nerd Sniping Traps": https://xkcd.com/356/
My brain also immediately went there when he was talking about the T-shirts :)